Katherine Williams

Katherine Williams CURRICULUM DEVELOPER, COPYWRITER, AND CONSULTANT PROFILE A dedicated academic copywriter with 13 years of experience in developing students' linguistic abilities and 10 years of experience in researching, fact-checking, writing, proofreading, and editing over 10,000 words of professional and academic copy per day. Exclusively recognized by the Chinese Educational Officials as the teacher standard for reintegrating staff and students into the classroom during COVID-19. Attained 4-Star Ghostwriter status for consistently producing excellent content quality, accuracy, and speedy turnaround on Textbroker. Praised by private clients for providing witty, ready-to-post brand-specific blog posts on topics such as Education, Lifestyle, Business, and Travel. WORK EXPERIENCE HEAD CURRICULUM WRITER AND DEVELOPER | EKE ACADEMY| 09/2020–PRESENT Designed Online ESL Curriculum for Chinese ESL students grades K-12 using the Wonders Textbook to introduce students to phonics concepts, sight words, and daily conversation vocabulary. Narrated, wrote scripts, and produced Pre-class and Post-class videos for each lesson. Wrote and produced a series of extra-credit courses specifically designed to introduce students to the American culture and mindset through lessons on Travel, Universities, Festivals, and Sports. AP CURRICULUM WRITER | EMILE LEARNING| 11/2021-PRESENT Course Mapping for high school remote learning courses: AP Language and Composition, AP World History, AP US History, AP Psychology, and World History. Evaluated pre-existing curriculum materials (i.e. videos, assignments, assessments, discussions, etc...) on Canvas Infrastructure and HiEmile, and migrated relevant course material to Excel spreadsheet. Wrote new course curriculum and assignments to better fit Emile's online education standards. Acted as a Subject Matter Expert and Consultant to advise future course development. SCRIPT WRITER AND LINGUISTICS CONSULTANT | LINGODEER |11/2021-PRESENT Wrote scripts for educational English language learning videos for A1, A2, B1, and B2 English learners. Developed interactive audio, reading, writing, and text Q&A assessments for LingoDeer's app interface. Acted as a consultant to proofread, edit, and review current LingoDeer content and suggest/create resources and improvements. Clarified English language nuance and correct Chinese to English translation errors. Edited scripts and pre-existing content to scaffold lesson content for maximum language learning, retention, and production. BLOGGER| STUDY.COM| 10/2021-PRESENT Wrote long-form Humanities blog posts for high school and college-aged students on topics: Business, History, Religion, Arts, Music, Literature, and Communication. Used CMS writing platform to code and format blog post text and images. Katherine Williams CURRICULUM DEVELOPER, COPYWRITER, AND CONSULTANT -||-Chatham IL, USA WORK EXPERIENCE ELEMENTARY ESL TEACHER | BEST EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION |03/2019-06/2020 ESL Teacher in Zhengzhou, China. Delivered lessons to 3 classes of 30 students per day with a focus on English grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Executed instruction through the use of games, standard teaching methods, and group project creation. Created a semester’s worth of grade 2 online remote lessons with such accurate TPR that the Chinese-speaking parents began to learn English. Participated in weekly curriculum development collaboration meetings to create grade 2 and grade 3 ESL classroom curriculum. FREELANCE COPYWRITER/EDITOR | SELF-EMPLOYED | 04/2011-PRESENT Academic Writer: Proofread and edited high school and undergraduate level essays, leaving detailed notes and feedback to help clients understand the editing process and how to strengthen their essays. 4-Star Author--Textbroker: Wrote, fact-checked and edited up to 10 articles per day on topics Travel, Business, Lifestyle, and Education with enticing call-to-action lines. Journalist--Chords Magazine: Followed up on editor’s leads to conduct interviews with up-and-coming music artists and compose 800-word exclusives on their lives and passions. PRIVATE ENGLISH TUTOR | SELF-EMPLOYED | 06/2009-PRESENT Specialized in the Orton Gillingham, Barton, and Wilson programs to strengthen dyslexic students' reading, composition, creative writing, and grammar skills. Students excelled their reading goals by at least 2 grade levels after 1 year. Taught ACT and SAT prep: question and answer decoding, academic essay composition, and English grammar and literature test strategies. EDUCATION TEFL.ORG UK| 03/2018-09/--Hour TEFL Certification London, UK UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN | 09/2017–08/2018 | MERIT Master of Theological Ethics in Religion and Philosophy ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY | 08/2010–12/2013 | GPA 3.97 BA in Theatre Arts SKILLS Skilled in: Chinese (A2), German (B2), 97 WPM, academic writing, essay writing, copywriting, MLA style, APA style, Chicago style, Turabian style, CTA, CMS, SEO, copyediting, proofreading, time management, deadline-oriented, compassionate, positive attitude, supportive, Microsoft Suite, Google Suite, Zoom, lesson planning, curriculum development, communication, Wechat research, active listening, content creation, confidence building, passionate, collaboration, detail-oriented, leadership, creative problem solving, presentation skills, educational writing. ID